Aiken County opens new hospital as 50 patients transferred
Ambulances from multiple agencies moved the county’s 50 patients to the new HCA Aiken facility within five hours. The transfer followed careful planning with hospital officials supervising the dual operations at the old county hospital and the new site.
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Lucille Webber
Aiken Community Hospital
Aiken County
Hospital Corporation of Americas
HCA
Aiken
Aiken County Hospital
Gunmen Seize Canadian Embassy in Beirut Amid Family Row
In Beirut a group of gunmen occupied the Canadian Embassy taking up to 50 hostages including Ambassador Leopold H. Amrot and a Lebanese army officer said. The protest stemmed from Canada expelling relatives, with about a dozen Canadians stationed at the Beirut embassy.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Leopold H. Amrot
Canada
Foreign Ministry
Ottawa
Two Klan murder suspects freed on bond in Alabama
In Montgomery Alabama two of three men charged in a Ku Klux Klan killing from 19 years ago were released on bond. James York a 73 year old retired sanitation worker posted 10000 dollars while Henry Alexander a 46 year old plumber posted 35000 dollars. William Sonny Kyle Livingston remains jailed and a bond hearing was set for today.
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Montgomery. Ala.ap
Bill Baxley
James
York
Henry Alexander
Meat Grading Rules Change Takes Effect Today
New federal definitions for beef quality go into effect, widening standards for prime and choice to include meat with less marbling. The Agriculture Department says consumers won’t see a taste or appearance difference, but the changes aim to cut cattlemen costs, keep retail prices down, and reduce grain use.
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Washington
US Agriculture Department
FBI Probes Explosive Cache After Richmond Raid
FBI teams and police seized 130 to 150 pounds of explosives and radical writings from a Richmond California house in a predawn raid. Three men and three women were arrested on explosives charges and arraigned. a seventh suspect, David Miller, was captured later in Oakland on a $100000 bail offer, sought in Madison Wisconsin for assault on a policeman during a 1973 protest.
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San Francisco
FBI
California
Richmond
Calif
Oakland
David Miller
Madison
Wis
Peach Bloom South of Danger as Cold Snap Looms
Peach growers report no damage from last night’s temperatures but fear mid March could bring danger. They cite four hours at 28 degrees or lower to kill fully opened blooms and warn that trees should be in full bloom then, a period historically prone to severe cold. The forecast calls for nighttime readings down to the 20s tonight.
Hopeland Garden Gains National Spotlight and Local Pacer Week
A nurse at Aiken County Hospital recalls a moment about cleanliness as Hopeland Garden earns national attention from House and Garden magazine in its February feature Southern Gardens You Should See. Mayor H Odell Weeks proclaims Pacer Week honoring USC Aiken teams with halftime ceremonies at home games this week at the Weeks Center.
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Hopeland Garden
House and Garden Magazine
Hopeland Gardens
H. Odell Weeks
Pacer
Aiken
USC - Aiken
No Target Date Set To Reopen Aiken Track
Southern Railway awaits a target date for reopening the 6 mile Aiken Warrenville line after ICC approval. Restoration is estimated at 958 685 dollars with service planned as two trains daily six days a week, despite local environmental protests.
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Aiken
Southern Railway Co
Charles Margret
Aiken - Warrenville
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern
Margret
Washington
ICC
Commission
Warrenville
Aiken County
Ford urges renewal of federal revenue sharing program
President Ford asked governors to back a renewal of the federal revenue sharing program, warning the economic recovery could falter if Congress does not extend the five year, 302 billion plan ending this year. He urged consolidating categorical grants into multibillion dollar block grants and reducing matching fund requirements.
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Washington
Ford
U.S
Congress
National Governors’ Conference
ColdTonight WarmTomorrow Aiken Area Weather Forecast
Cold tonight with temperatures dipping into the 20s. A return to spring-like warmth is expected tomorrow as highs reach the mid 60s. Rain chances remain near zero through tomorrow night.
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Aiken
Mrs Carter to Visit Aiken for Carter Campaign
Mrs. Carter will visit Aiken to bolster former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter's presidential bid. She attends a 6 30 pm press conference at the Holiday Inn, followed by an informal reception from 7 to 7 45 pm as the Carters tour South Carolina.
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Jimmy Carter
Aiken
Georgia
Carters
South Carolina
Carter
Holiday Inn
Chemical foul causes odor and headaches in Clearwater area
A pre-dawn release from Walchem in Clearwater released ethylacrylate during transfer to a storage tank. An open valve caused overflow into a creek and atmosphere. DHEC officials report drinking water remains safe though residents complain of headaches and odor. actions planned, no firm penalty yet.
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Walchem
United Merchants
Clearwater
James Spears
Bureau of Air Quality Control
Aiken
Department of Health and Environmental Control
DHEC
Spears
Columbia
Waldhem
Randy Mahan
Mahan
Valchem
Rock Hill
LC. Mixon
Roger Sullivan
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Murray Sill
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Aiken Recreation Department
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Vaucluse First
George Washington
Mrs. Carter
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